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I’m a little surprised by this action because the White House can’t protect platforms from state charges. There are plenty of state laws on the books that make violation of federal law a state law violation as well. I suppose the calculation is that no state AGs will want to wade in?

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He can’t fire state AGs, but can at the federal level. He just fired a dozen of them at the federal level. State AGs may not want to deal with trump appointed feds. That’s why people are just straight resigning. So in a way he’s firing them.

No feedback loop here guys, seriously.

I think there are many people fine with simply removing federal enforcement over states. One possible outcome of this is the federal government us just a joke and laws are relative to where you live.

I mean. This weird-ass country is already like that, despite the states themselves making zero sense. It'll just get worse.

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